این نکردست او و گر کرد او رواست ** هر چه خواهد گو بکن محبوب ماست
He has not done this thing; and if he has, ’tis right: let him do whatever he will, (for) he is my beloved.
هر چه محبوبم کند من کرده‌ام ** او منم من او چه گر در پرده‌ام
Whatever my beloved may do, ’tis I have done (it). I am he, he is I: what (matter) though I am (hidden from view) in the veil?”
باز گفتی دور از آن خو و خصال ** این چنین تخلیط ژاژست و خیال
Again he would say, “He is far removed from this disposition and (these bad) qualities: such wild accusations (on their part) are (mere) drivel and fancy.
از ایاز این خود محالست و بعید ** کو یکی دریاست قعرش ناپدید
(That) this (should proceed) from Ayáz is absurd and incredible, for he is an ocean whereof none can see the bottom.”
هفت دریا اندرو یک قطره‌ای ** جمله‌ی هستی ز موجش چکره‌ای 1880
The Seven Seas are (but) a drop in it: the whole of existence is (but) a driblet of its waves.
جمله پاکیها از آن دریا برند ** قطره‌هااش یک به یک میناگرند
All purities are fetched from that ocean: its drops, every one, are alchemists.
شاه شاهانست و بلک شاه‌ساز ** وز برای چشم بد نامش ایاز
He is the King of kings; nay, he is the King-maker, though on account of the evil eye his name is “Ayáz.”
چشمهای نیک هم بر وی به دست ** از ره غیرت که حسنش بی‌حدست
Even the good eyes are evil to him in respect of (their) jealousy, for his beauty is infinite.
یک دهان خواهم به پهنای فلک ** تا بگویم وصف آن رشک ملک
I want a mouth as broad as heaven to describe the qualities of him who is envied by the angels;
ور دهان یابم چنین و صد چنین ** تنگ آید در فغان این حنین 1885
And if I should get a mouth like this and a hundred times as (broad as) this, it would be too narrow for (utterance of) this longing's distressful cry.